Product includes a lip projecting from an outer perimeter of an underside of a mattress to define a recessed cavity and having gaps in the lip for passage of a power cord

Abstract

A product upon which a person may lie down that includes a mattress whose underside has a peripheral flange or perimeter wall, i.e., a lip, that bounds a recessed cavity. The lip has gaps to accommodate passage of a power cord from within the recessed cavity to without. The lip and the mattress may have separate covers or both be within the same cover.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A product upon which a person may lie down, comprising:
 a configurable assembly that includes a mattress and a lip bounding a recessed cavity, the configurable assembly being configurable into a first configuration, which has a mattress layer insert fitting snugly within confines of the recessed cavity to constitute contents of the recessed cavity, and being configurable as an alternative into a second configuration, which has an adjustable mechanism abutting an underside of the mattress within the confines of the recessed cavity to instead constitute the contents of the recessed cavity, 
 wherein the lip projects outward from an outer periphery of an underside of the mattress to overlap sides of the contents within the confines of the recessed cavity and thereby conceal same, the recessed cavity being accessible from below the mattress to gain access to the contents within the confines of the recessed cavity, the adjustable mechanism being configured to raise and lower a head and a foot of the mattress when actuated accordingly. 
 
     
     
       2. The product of  claim 1 , wherein the recessed cavity is bounded in part by the underside of the mattress, a topside of the mattress having a further recessed cavity whose size is the same as that of the recessed cavity at the underside of the mattress. 
     
     
       3. The product of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a power cord arranged for powering the adjustable mechanism, wherein the lip extends around the outer periphery of the underside of the mattress by less than an entirety of the outer periphery of the underside of the mattress to define at least one gap, the power cord being within the gap to extend from within the recessed cavity to outside the recessed cavity. 
 
     
     
       4. The product of  claim 3 , wherein the lip includes two pairs of opposing walls extending adjacent the outer perimeter of the mattress, one of the two pairs of opposing walls extending at head and foot sides of the mattress and thus defining two gaps and being spaced apart from each other, one of the two gaps being the gap within which is the power cord, the two gaps being at respective ones of the head and foot sides of the mattress, a remaining pair of the two pairs of opposing walls extending between the one pair of the two pairs of opposing walls and being spaced apart from each other. 
     
     
       5. The product of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 two covers, one of the two covers covering the mattress and another of the two covers upholstering the lip. 
 
     
     
       6. The product of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 two covers, one of the two covers covering the mattress and another of the two covers upholstering the lip. 
 
     
     
       7. The product of  claim 1 , wherein the lip includes opposing walls extending adjacent the outer perimeter of the mattress at head and foot sides of the mattress and each of the opposing walls defining a respective gap; further comprising:
 a power cord for powering the adjustable mechanism, the power cord being within one of the respective gaps to extend from within the recessed cavity to outside the recessed cavity. 
 
     
     
       8. The product of  claim 1 , wherein the adjustable mechanism fits snugly within the recessed cavity.